This incredible Wild Orchid plant tricks wasps into thinking they're mating with a female, while they are really just being loaded up with pollen to take on to the next plant. Pretty amazing footage from the BBC. (02:59)

Pollination: it's vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by the vanishin...g of one of nature's primary pollinators, the honeybee. Speaker Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty. (07:40)[more]

It's a problem faced by all seed-producing plants: how to get their pollen into the flower of another plant of the same species. This video segment explores some of the strategies plants have evolved to solve the problem. Closed captioning included. ...(03:08)[more]

As a prerequisite for fertilization, pollination is essential to the production of fruit and seed cops and plays an important part in reproduction. Video shows some of the different ways plants are pollinated. (03:58)

This video explains an interesting and complex pollination process involving insects and milkweed. Pollination in this common plant is very similar to the pollination of Orchids. The video is designed as a resource for teaching plant biology, particu...larly plant-insect relationships. (08:17)[more]

This 4-minute slide show is set to soothing music with labels for each picture. Students must be able to read the labels (not narrated). Bright, colorful pictures depict various pollinators (bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, flies, wind etc). Parts o...f the flower (stamen and stigma) are briefly addressed at the beginning of the show. This would make a nice introduction to pollination even at the lower grade levels. (03:56)[more]

Like all living things, plants reproduce to ensure future generations. But since plants can't move from place to place, they need a way to transfer pollen from one plant to another. Wind is a major pollinator, but it acts unselectively. Insects, on t...he other hand, pollinate flowers with precision. The bright colors and strong fragrances of flowers attract insects. Once lured to the flowers, insects discover pollen and nectar. Bees, butterflies and other insects gather pollen and nectar to feed themselves and their young. As insects move from plant to plant, they transfer pollen from one flower to the next. Fertilization occurs and seeds are formed. Over time, flowers have developed colors, smells and shapes, that successfully entice insects. At the same time, insects have developed features and behavior that make them more effective pollinators. (01:02)[more]

This is a cute video that teaches young learners what pollination is. A flower and bee puppet are used to explain how to make more flowers grow. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections betwe...en nature and the classroom. (01:30)[more]

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